Word lists – Latin loan-words - From Old English to ... - Palgrave
Word lists – Latin loan-words - From Old English to ... - Palgrave
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16th century<br />
<strong>Word</strong> <strong>lists</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>Latin</strong> <strong>loan</strong>-<strong>words</strong> - <strong>From</strong> <strong>Old</strong> <strong>English</strong> <strong>to</strong> Standard <strong>English</strong> 3 rd edition 3<br />
<strong>Latin</strong> date MnE<br />
alienatus 1513 alienate<br />
allusionem 1548 allusion<br />
appropriatus 1525 appropriate<br />
area 1538 area<br />
calculare 1570 calculate<br />
Gk jasarsqouñ 1579 catastrophe<br />
compendere 1581 compendium<br />
consolidare 1511 consolidate<br />
conspicuus 1545 conspicuous<br />
criticus 1590 critical<br />
decorum 1568 decorum<br />
delirium 1599 delirium<br />
demonstrare 1552 demonstrate<br />
denominare 1552 denominate<br />
denunciationem 1548 denunciation<br />
dexteritas 1527 dexterity<br />
digress- 1530 digress<br />
dirus 1567 dire<br />
dissidentem 1534 dissident<br />
aemulari 1589 emulate<br />
encyclopaedia 1531 encyclopedia<br />
eradicare 1564 eradicate<br />
excavare 1599 excavate<br />
excrescentia 1533 excrescence<br />
excursionem 1574 excursion<br />
expectationem 1538 expectation<br />
expostulationem 1586 expostulation<br />
externus 1556 external<br />
extinguere 1545 extinguish<br />
folio 1533 folio<br />
genius 1513 genius<br />
gradualis 1541 gradual<br />
habitualis 1526 habitual<br />
hereditarius 1577 hereditary<br />
horridus 1590 horrid<br />
ignoramus 1577 ignoramus<br />
imitari 1534 imitate<br />
impersonalis 1520 impersonal<br />
incumbentem 1548 incumbent<br />
insanus 1560 insane<br />
insinuationem 1526 insinuation<br />
interregnum 1579 interregnum<br />
janua + -<strong>to</strong>r 1584 jani<strong>to</strong>r<br />
legalis 1500 legal<br />
malignantem 1542 malignant<br />
mediare 1542 mediate<br />
meditari 1560 meditate<br />
medium 1551 medium<br />
militia 1590 militia<br />
nasturtium 1570 nasturtium<br />
nervus 1531 nervous<br />
no<strong>to</strong>rius 1548 no<strong>to</strong>rious<br />
omen 1582 omen<br />
orbita 1548 orbit<br />
patheticus 1598 pathetic<br />
peninsula 1538 peninsula<br />
prodigiosus 1552 prodigious<br />
quar<strong>to</strong> 1589 quar<strong>to</strong><br />
radius 1597 radius<br />
resuscitare 1532 resuscitate<br />
rostrum 1579 rostrum<br />
sinus 1597 sinus<br />
stratum 1599 stratum<br />
strictus 1578 strict<br />
superintendere 1554 superintendent<br />
urgere 1560 urge<br />
vagari 1577 vagary<br />
vastus 1575 vast<br />
Shakespeare’s <strong>Latin</strong> & Greek<br />
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was among the first <strong>to</strong> use the following <strong>words</strong> derived from <strong>Latin</strong> or Greek. This<br />
briefly illustrates a process of adoption from the two languages that depended on scholarship and learning, rather than<br />
social, political and economic contact with foreign countries and speakers.<br />
1588 apostrophe (L apostrophe, Gk 2porsqouñ)<br />
Loves Labours Lost iv. ii. 123 You finde not the apostraphas, and so misse the accent.<br />
1590 premeditated (L praemeditare)<br />
A Midsummer Nights Dream v. i. 96 Great Clearkes haue purposed<br />
To greete me with premeditated welcomes.<br />
1593 obscene (L obscenus)<br />
Richard II iv. i. 131 That in a Christian Climate, Soules refinde<br />
Should shew so heynous, black, obscene a deed.<br />
1598 frugal (L frugalis)<br />
Merry Wives of Windsor) ii. i. 28, I was then Frugall of my mirth.
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